OLD FLASH SITE FROM 2010
I’ve been digging through old files while rebuilding my website, and it has reminded me how fragile digital work can be. Over the years, I’ve lost so much data: images, project files, documentation, and pieces of work that I wish I had archived more carefully. I recently found an old version of
Laser cutting insulation foam
Trying to see if laser cutting cheap big-box-store insulation foam is practical. I am keeping the power at 10% and preforming multiple passes on the material . Thus far the off-gassing has been manageable with no fires or melted foam accumulating in the machine. Foam cutting is notorious for laser c
EZ- Vector to GcoDE
Little python script the will convert a .svg to Gcode with lots of custom movements. https://github.com/MikeBeradino/gcode_simple.py
genesis
This work goes back to the very beginning of my exploration of digital manufacturing as an artistic process. Around 2005, there were no widely available commercial 3D printers, Make magazine had only just appeared, and the maker movement was still in its early stages. At the time, I was interested i